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Affidavit: Suspect in school break-in tells all from jail

In recorded phone calls placed at the Mesa County Jail, a suspect in Sunday’s burglary at Tope Elementary School implicated himself and a cohort in the “stupid” incident, according to an arrest affidavit.

Jeffrey Allen Councilor, 23, 303 Beaver St., called a friend from jail Sunday night and explained, “me and Garrett went inside the school through a roof last night and we were wandering around in there and messing around and we shouldn’t have been,” according to an unredacted arrest affidavit in the case.

“Yes sir, we sure did (enter the school). Stupid,” Councilor explained in the phone conversation, the affidavit said.

The affidavit, which notes all inmates are advised that calls placed from the jail are subject to possible recording, said Councilor went on to give the Grand Junction apartment address for “Garrett.” Within hours of a detective’s review of the recorded conversations Tuesday, Grand Junction police visited 24-year-old Garrett Barbour.